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>>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 430. >>pam: at 4:30 p.m. the ashes of an alameda man were taking from an east bay church just before his funeral service was about to begin. it showed it kron 4 where the crime occurred. >> >>reporter: reverent of the christ episcopal church in alameda is showing us where back box containing the remains of someone was last seen before was stolen. >> right here with a small round table. the backpack was on the table just 30 minutes before the funeral service was set to begin. we set up for the funeral, all of us were busy doing little side jobs getting ready. someone taking opportunity, what can, saw the pack had no understanding what he or
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she had picked up and it was gone. >>reporter: church officials say was a small gathering for the funeral service however the churches doors were open to the public at the time. investigators with the alameda police department said they have not determined that the person knew what was in the backpacker not. the situation is being treated as a criminal theft. however, the reference said she is prepared to forgive the person responsible. >> returned to the church or the alameda pd and that will close the loop for us. judgment is not mind to offer. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: fallout from the alleged police misconduct surrounding the san francisco police department is now affecting multiple cases. here are the numbers, overall 11 cases have been dropped because of the scandal. that encloses four cases with video, one case yesterday and six more
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today. the discounts it as six officers face allegations of ridding hotel rooms without search warrant or consent. >>catherine: we have new details on the police misconduct case. san francisco's the ages got a letter from the public defender representing the man convicted of the drug deals tied wall of this. it public defender is asking the d.a. to hand over a long list of other cases those narcotics officers have been involved in. it is a huge order, since they are accused of misconduct he wants to see a comprehensive list of all arrests and all incidents. those officers have been involved in for the past seven years. >>pam: no charges will be filed against 2 oakland police officers who shot and killed on armed barbershop owner derek jones. it this is video from the incident, the fatal shooting happened during a confrontation november 8th. in a report is
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made public today the alameda county district attorney said the officers involved fire their weapons because they believe that jones was about to shoot them. the report also revealed that jones blood alcohol level was 0.13. rumors that toll has now been identified as the murder victim and sunday shooting in back of filthvacaviy say he may have just in passing through on his way home when he was shot. police say they're working to follow up on certain leads in the case. it has been more than four months since the voters of san francisco approved what is been known as this it live ordnance. and 11:00 p.m.. the san francisco police department has yet to begin enforcement. last month's schedule date was postponed when officers had not
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completed training. this month the department waits for multilingual cards which the officers will present to people. those cards offering services and other social programs for the homeless. >> it's important that we roll it out completely. what we're doing in those cases as were making sure we take all the steps, talking with the community, make sure we have all the proper forms and the training that's completed. then we will roll it out. >>pam: no date has been announced on one of forcible began. negotiations began between san jose and its labor unions and the city works to balance the budget there. it kron 4 robbinses up-to-date on that and the new leave men to deal with the firefighters. >>rob: the latest efforts to close a $1.5 million deficit, the animating close session. the region agree with firefighters and is expected to approve that later this month. recently
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ratified by 95 percent of local 230 and calls for 10% concessions in compensation and benefits. this will save the city $30 million over two years and should avoid the laying off of any fire fighters. the mayor warns that even if all the city's labor unions agreed to the concession, there could still be layoffs. our reduction in services sir services could still change. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: a live look from our roof cam over downtown san francisco not allowed to be seen. of few lingering clouds over the mountains. it is a little bit warmer out there today about five degrees warmer in some spots. in the low 60s and parts of the north bay, 61 santa rosa, 63 napa 57 san francisco, 55-day, low
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60s = inland valleys. storm tracker 4 writer showing a tail end of this storm that affected us last night. it's really not going to affect us it may be stream a few high clouds. we will mainly stay clear and we will also see some patchy fog over night. tomorrow, over night patchy fog mainly for inland valleys and north bay. tomorrow mostly sunny and warmer about five to 10 degrees warmer. some places will get into the seventies like our inland valleys. wednesday will stay clear but we do have rain back in the forecast shortly after tomorrow. we will talk all about it coming up. >>catherine: a gun fight today in st. louis, two u.s. marshals and a police officer trying to serve an arrest warrant in this neighborhood. the man they're trying to take into custody was killed, a u.s. marshal was in critical condition tonight he was shot in the head. the two other officers were injured.
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authorities aren't saying why he was being arrested, but he did have a criminal record dating back to the early '90s. in texas, people protesting at the texas capital angry about a bill that would require women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. it is passed in the house and senate and house versions are no exceptions for women who are victims of rape or incest. the committee will hash out the details before sending this to governor. he has praised the bill, opponents say it is intrusive and interferes with the doctor patient relationship. how many more workers in oregon shot up car came crashing through the wall right into the cashier stand. it was all caught on tape this weekend. the worker had been sweeping the floor when the wall came down. he was very fortunate he was only slightly injured. his boss if he was and other foot closer he could have been killed.
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>>pam: the tuesday commute in san jose on highway won a one at the guadalupe overpass and no problems north or southbound. we'll be right back. [ wheezing breaths ]
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>>pam: and in view was released on line this morning, shows a high executive with national public radio commenting on conservatives in the two- party movement. kimberly is here and has a look at what this is all about. >>kimberlee: its filmmaker james o'keefe he is at it again. he said at a lunch with npr senior and to people who posed as members of the muslim group with ties to the muslim brotherhood. they told schiller there were interested in donating $5 million to m d r.
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>>kimberlee: even though they put out a statement saying they don't back his statements, he will not work for them anymore. it's really wrapped up this move on congress to defund npr of their federal funding. >>pam: thank-you we have a quick program note to tell you about this friday we will be running nbc programming. added o'clock on kron 4 you can catch would you think you are, followed by a monk at 9:00 p.m.. then kron 4 news at 11:00. it all happened this friday. we'll be back.
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>>jacqueline: a little rain this morning but in the afternoon things turned out nicely. the rain still going well to the north of us on the oregon border. this cloud and will track well to the north of us. we will see mostly sunny skies into tomorrow. the inland valleys in the fog as well as the east bay shore. this will continue until 8:00 hour and antioch will still see fog and the north bay. they brought in the morning skies were clear and temperatures will warm up 5 to 10 degrees. we will see the '70s and a number of places. 71 vallejo, 70 concord, a upper 60s for bay shores, said the degrees in san jose, 76 los gatos. even though it's only tuesday, let's get a look at the
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forecast for tahoe. rain will be back in the forecast locally and that will be into sunday. a slight chance of snow on saturday but it looks unlikely. on sunday will see this snow in later on the day sunday snow levels only at 6000. tablatures a little bit too warm down at like level. your kron 47 day, tomorrow is a nice warm day but as we head into thursday things will go back down. late sunday into monday a stronger storm moves said. >>pam: i knew smart phone in town in a were not talking about the blackberry or the i phone. retail survey company says android is now the most used smart phone operating system in the united states. nearly one at a three smartphones are now running the google design system. only two years after it was introduced. enjoyed is now head of blackberry
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which controls 30% of the market. apple's i foam comes in third. the i pad to comes out this friday. here is we'll have the best chance of getting it. all stores are probably your best bet for getting the exact model you're looking for. best buy, wal-mart and target will be carried the i pad. they will have a smaller supply. at&t and verizon will have the i pad but it will only carry the three key models. and of course the website apple has will start taking orders for the morning. the computers will not ship until monday. we would expect the prices of t-shirts to rise. stephanie explains why cotton prices are pushing up the cost of making money. >>reporter: the so called fabric of our lives is getting more expensive. as the prices rise for cotton, the passing on to consumers. it is also hitting the
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government as the prints the money they spend. those dollar bills in your wallet are made of 75 percent cotton. the government now spends 10¢ to make huge dollar bill, compare that to 2008 what it costs 6.4 cents. the job is so big the government accountability office wants to ditch the dollar in favor of coins. the cost twice as much to make that last wait longer. the average life span of a dollar bill is three years and coins last 30 years. the gao said the switch would save a lot of money. u.s. consumers are not fans of the have your calling. they're not nearly as popular as the almighty dollar bill. in los angeles, stephanie. >>catherine: time to take a look at ross e-mail. just when you thought you heard plenty about charlie sheen, in your getting questions the financial questions.
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gloria says are any charlie sheen investments. i believe he is doing performance art, i don't think he's crazy i think it's totally old, it's similar to what walking phoenix to a year ago. he's going to sell lot of catch phrase t-shirts, he met with live nation today about the minotaur. i think it's in his best interests. i know it sounds crazy but, i just think he made a massive mistake. keith richards hit best-seller last year because he's crazy, paris hilton crazy we want crazy for celebrities. he was in wall street and platoon. of the big loser will be cbs for the number one, the network and i think the made considerable mistake because i don't think they get it. people watch tv, they're what they're celebrities to be crazy because we live
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vicariously through them. because we don't have $2 million an episode. i side with charlie, i know it's crazy i think it's well planned out and fantastic performance. >>catherine: ozzie and harriet, i don't think your theory is that crazy because everyone is talking about him. if cbs had hung out there, everyone is talking about this. >>rob: he gets 2 million followers and then he says he wants to get an internet dimensions the website which happened pay twitter an advertising fee. he's making money through twitter just from mentioning that company. we're being so manipulated here it's fantastic and i love that. >>catherine: it's awful but you're probably right. there's another one this one is a little more mainstream three and can you recommend somebody to help me figure out why 401k?
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>>rob: the mistake is people good or professional, you don't need to. there's a good web site called morning star.com just a note with your assets liabilities are if you're married or not to. do yourself, financial engines as well. >>catherine: stay with us we'll be back after break. a first contender e-mail's to rob the there is the address. stay with us. [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted,
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they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them about some of the wells fargo online savings tools like my savings plan, which helps them set up and monitor a savings goal. until we found out that maybe her teacher uses certain terms a little bit loosely. rebecca is clearly very gifted. [ banker ] we decided to roll that money into ashley's college account. turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪
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>>pam: rob black mentioned this earlier that warner brothers started the experimental service which allows movies to be rented in watch on facebook. our
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internet reporter kimberly is here now with a look at the page. >>kimberlee: not only could you like your comment on the movie facebook page, you could watch as well. ec from the menu on the left, right now dark and it is the only movie available to rent. warner brothers expects to add more in the coming months. will these to be rented for $3 are 30 facebook products. when to read it you have it for about 48 hours. with more than 600 million active users, facebook could really become a serious competitor to digital distribution companies such as catholics. netflix. >>pam: some of the parade through the city earlier today, you could see all sorts of characters waving and dancing and throwing beads into the crowd. this is one of dozens of parade
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that and put on since february. today is the main event. of more than a million people have flocked to the big ec said they could even drink and be merry. kron 4 news at 5:00 is coming up next.
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>>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5:00. >>pam: south bay shoot out caught on tape. new surveillance video shows what started as a kidnapping attempt led to a gunfight and ultimately left three people dead. authorities want you to see the video that took place january 8th at the mexicali bar in san jose. they're still searching for two men who are involved. two of the three men killed were involved in the attempted kidnapping according to san jose police. the see the men tried to kidnap the owner of the bart. because

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